Thirty-Sixth Y«ar
The Volatta- Martin, Tennessee, Thursday, April 8, 1965
Number 19
Representatives of the five winning groups
at the fourth annual All Sing displaying their
trophies are (1. to r.) Ronald Pratt, Main
Men’s Dorm; Louise Penny, Junior Class;
Glenda Booker, Home Economics Chapter;
Lina Wells, Chi Omega Sorority, and Reeder
Martin, Alpha Gamma Rho.
At Fourth Annual All Sing
Five clubs and organizations were announced winners at
the fourth annual All Sing April 2 In the Women’s Physical
Education Building on the University of Tennessee Martin
Branch campus and were presented trophies.
The winning groups were
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity,
Main Men’s Residence Hall,
junior class, Chi Omega
sorority and the Home Eco¬
nomics Chapter.
Alpha Gamma Rho captured
the trophy for the fraternity di¬
vision by their rendition of “Old
Oaken Bucket,” “Listen to the
Mocking Bird” and “Steal
Away.” The AGR’s, under the
direction of Robert Wright,
added variety to their perfor¬
mance by whistling to the time
of “Listen to the Mocking
Bird.”
The Main Men’s Residence
Hall through their singing of
“Nobody Knows the Trouble
I’ve Seen” and “Joshua Fit the
Battle of Jericho” won the
judges vote for the trophy for
the dormitory division. This
group, through the direction of
Ronald Pratt, used action in
their appearance.
“Wanderin’ ” and “Shen¬
andoah” sungby the Junior class
won first place in the clubs di¬
vision to capture the All-Sing
trophy. The junior class, under
the direction of student Louise
Penny, were attired in blue
shirts with black slacks or
shirts.
Chi Omega sorority with
their presentation of “Dixie”
“Lorena” and “Bonnie Blue
Flag” won the judges approval
for the trophy of the sorority
division. The group, with Judy
Wright as student director, ap¬
peared in grey dresses with red
trimming.
The Home Economics Chap¬
ter, under the direction of Glen¬
da Booker, captured the trophy
for the clubs division with
“Jeannle With the Light Brown
Hair” and “Beautiful Dream¬
er.” Hie group was properly
attired in night gowns.
Serving as master of cere¬
monies was Jim Pounders, min¬
ister of the Church of Christ of
Martin. Besides announcing the
competing groupes, he enter¬
tained the audience by his amus-
.tng jokes.
Entertainment between di¬
visions was presented by the
U-T Medical Units Glee Club;
Robert Todd, a member of the
English Department at UTMB;
The Choralalrs, UTMB vocal
group, and Douglas Biggs, or¬
ganist from Martin.
David Sammons served as
chairman of All Sing with the
theme “Music of the 1800’s”
for 1965.
The proceeds from All Sing
will help to finance a scholar¬
ship for a freshman.
Students taming
4-Point Total 23
A total of 23 students at
The' University of Tennessee
Martin Branch had a 4.00aver¬
age for the winter quarter, ac¬
cording to Professor H.B.
Smith, dean of students.
The women’s overall aver¬
age for winter quarter was 2.55
compared to the men’s overall
average of 2.02.
The women’s dormitory had
an overall average of 2.37 com¬
pared to 2.05 for the main men’s
dormitory.
The sorority activities had
a combined overall of 2.68 and
the sorority pledges had a com¬
bined overall of 2.06.
The fraternity actives had a
combined overall of2.33andthe
fraternity pledges had a com¬
bined average of 2.12.
Zeta Tau Alpha and Chi
Omega tied for the top sorority
averages with a 2.73. Alpha
Gamma Rho led the fraternity
groups with an overall of 2.54.
Alpha Delta PI actives had a
winter quarter average of 2.50.
Fraternity actives averages
were; Alpha Tau Omega, 2.53;
PI Kappa Alpha^>2.30, and Phi
Sigma Kappa, 4<98.
The averages of the sorority
pledges were topped by ADP1
wltt a 2.13. Next were the
ZTA pledges with a 2.00 and
the Chl-O pledges with a 1.97.
The averages of the fra¬
ternity pledges were headed by
ATO with a 2.28. Next were
the AGR’s with a 2.21, Phi Slg
with a 2.12 and Pikes with a 1.92.
New Campus Roads
Are Being Planned
Plans are now under way for
the construction of new roads
and sidewalks on the campus of
The University of Tennessee
Martin Branch, according,to
Vice president Paul Meek.
Current plans Include paving
of the gravel drive from Dean
Smith’s residence to the book¬
store by the beginning of fall
quarter with a sidewalk being
built alongside the drive. Also,
Lovelace Avenue will be paved
and widened on the east side of
the new student apartments to
be completed.
Additional roads and side¬
walks are planned after the
completion of the construc¬
tion of otter proposed buildings
on the UTMB campus, Vice
president Meek said yesterday.
Are Now On Sale
Tickets for the performance
of The Platters, International¬
ly known vocal group, are now
on sale and can be purchased,
Larry Bates, All Students As¬
sociation president, said yes¬
terday.
Jerry Russell, a member
of the ASA Council, has been
appointed chairman of the sale
of tickets, Mr. Bates said.
The Platters are currently
engaged In a tour of colleges
in the United States and after -
completion they will appear in
the Far East, South America
and Europe.
Their records continue to be
strong oh the best seller lists
and the welcome and packed
house hasn’t changed since they
were first organized ten years
ago.
The quintet Is known
throughout the world and are
still unspoiled enough to count
their blessings, outstanding
among them their private
audience with the late Pope
Plus XII in the Vaticlan, a
critic said.
The Platters hit success
with their rendition of “Only
You” which was followed by
“The Great Pretender” ' and
“You’ve Got the Magic Touch.”
The Platters are the possessors
of nine Gold Records and have a
million seller album still on the
selling list - “Encore of Golden
Hits” by Mercury.
“All students are urged to
buy their tickets before there Is
a sell-out,” Mr. Bates added.
UTMB Is Seeking
21 New Courses
Twenty-one upper division
Liberal Arts courses have been
submitted to the Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts at Knox¬
ville, according to Dr. Norman
Campbell, dean of Instruction at
The University of Tennessee
Martin Branch.
These courses, which must
be channeled through the de¬
partment committee and the
university committee on cur¬
ricula, Include five In chem¬
istry, seven in sociology, three
In •history, three In French and
three in Spanish.
If all of these are authorized,
this will enable us to offer a
chemistry major In the B.S.
curriculum, and a minor In
sociology, French and Spanish
as well as a wider course selec¬
tion for upper division students.
Dr. Campbell said.
“These courses have been
discussed with departmental
chairmen at Knoxville, and we
have every reason to hope they
will be approved,” he added.
'Ballad Of A Soldier' Film
To Be Shown By Vanguard
The first film of a series to be presented by Vanguard
Theatre beginning on a regular basis fall quarter of 1965 will
be shown April 12.
The film, “Ballad of a Soldier,” will be shown at the
theatre at 8 p.m., William Snyder, Instructor of speech at
The University of Tennessee Martin Branch, said.
Vanguard Selects
McCullers Play
The Vanguard Theatre pro¬
duction, “The Member of the
Wedding” by Carson McCullers
will be presented May 5,6 and 7.
The play deals with tte lone¬
liness of an over Imagination
of a young Georgian girl, and
through this a bond develops
between Negro and white in tte
American south. The colored
cook mothers tte motherless
child.
The “Saturday Review” re¬
ported that tte play deals with
tte torturing dream, tte hun¬
gering egotism and tte heart¬
break of childhood In a manner
as rare as It Is welcome.
The “Review” also said that
It was one of tte most beautiful
plays ever to appear on tte
Broadway Stage, and Is already
considered a classic of tte
American theatre.
Playing as Frankie Addams,
tte lonely girl, will be Joy
Durham; Vernell Johnson will
play tte role of Bernice Sadie
Brown; John Henry West will
be played by Randy Sandefer, a
child from Martin; Jarvis will
be played by John Christian;
Janice will be portrayed by
Billye Walnscott; Mr. Addams
will be played by Major Milton
Klllen; Mrs. West will be play¬
ed by Mrs. Monta Robinson of
tte English Department.
Helen Fletcher will be por- "
trayed by Brenda Miller; Doris
will be played by Faye Mat¬
thews; Sts Laura will be played
by Nancy Barber; Honey
Camden Brown will be played
by George Beaman, and Bemie
MacKean will be portrayed by
Dennis Fease.
Choralairs Give
Program Tonight
The choralalrs, singing
group at The University of
Tennessee Martin under tte
direction of Miss Harriet Ful¬
ton, music head, .will present
a concert Thursday, April 8,
at 8 p.m. In tte Music Build¬
ing auditorium.
The program will include
sacred, folk and art songs, a
medley from "Camelot," and a
combined choral, brass and
tympanl number entitled, “Now
Let All Sing.” The UTMB
Jazz Trombone Quartet, under
Glenn Wlesner, band director
will present several numbers.
Judith Ann Pritchett of
Dresden is tte accompanist for
tte Choralalrs. Singing mem¬
bers of tte group are Joan
Aldridge, Jean Alexander,
Sandra Arnold, Glenda Booker,
Katherine Brown, Elaine Camp,
Beverly Chandler, ConnieCook,
Howard Deck, Mike Faulkner,
Ann Freeman, Donna Garner,
Annette Grissom, Bill Hatt-
cock, Jim Horde, Mary Beth
Hudson, Brenda Lovell, James
Morgan, Ronald Pratt, Emily
Pyron, Willis Springer, Sherry
Stutts, Frank Vestal, Ross Via,
Ann ward, Charles Warren, and
John Wise.
The program Thursday night
Is open to tte public and no ad¬
mission will be charged.
The Chorlairs will go on
tour soon to high schools and
a number of churches in West
Tennessee.
This Russian film, he said,
concerns a young Russian sol¬
dier during tte second World
War who gets a three day leave
to go to his home and tte prob¬
lems which he has along tte
way. The soldier Is serving on
tte front line and on his way
home he meets a girl and falls
In love and tte plot concerns
otter people that he meets and
problems he encounters.
The “Ballad of a Soldier”
won both tte San Francisco and
Cannes France Film Festivals
Awards In 1960.
The second film to be pre¬
sented Is a French film, “For¬
bidden Games,” which will be
shown May 3. It has won tte
Venice Film Festival, New York
Critics and the United States
Academy awards for the best
foreign film of tte year.
“The Magnlficlent Seven” a
Japanese film, will be shown
May 24 which will be tte final
film shown this quarter. This
film won tte Venice Film Fes¬
tival award.
The series of films will in¬
clude both foreign films of re¬
nown and American classics.
Tickets to the showing of
tte films can be purchased
from members of Sigma Tau
Delta, National English Fra¬
ternity or at the door of Van¬
guard Theatre, for 75 cents.
Music Festival
To Be Held Here
The West Tennessee Music
Festival will be held at The
University of Tennessee Mar¬
tin Pranjcfepp April 13, accord¬
ing to Miss Harriet pulton.
Ten choral groups will be
competing in tte festival. The
high ’ schools competing are
Union City, Obion Central,
Kenton, Trenton, Alamo,
Adamsvllle, Bartlett and Mem¬
phis Central. The junior high
schools participating will be
South Fulton and Dyersburg.
The groups will rehearse as
a mass group in tte morning
and will perform at a concert
open to tte public at 5;00 in
tte afternoon in tte New Field-
house. ’
In addition, 50 vocal soloists
will audition during tte day, and
some will appear on tte evening
program. Also, appearing will
be smaller ensembles.
Judges for tte vocal group
will be Edward Zambara, head
of tte voice department at U-T
Knoxville, and for choral
groups, Ambrose Holford, di¬
rector of tte U-T singers.
Dr. Holt To Speak
■ ? 4 t v * *
At Commencement
Dr. Andrew D. Holt, presi¬
dent of The University of Ten¬
nessee, will bring tte com¬
mencement message on June
4, Dr. Paul Meek, vice presi¬
dent of tte University of Ten¬
nessee in charge of the Martin
Branch, said yesterday.
Dr. Herbert Gabhart, presi¬
dent of Belmont College, Nash¬
ville, will deliver the bac¬
calaureate sermon May 30.
Dr. Gabhart received his
bachelor of science degree from
Car son-Newman College and
his Thjvi and ThJ3 degrees
from Southern Baptist Theo¬
logical Seminary, Louisville,
Kentucky.
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Tha Volett* - Martin, Tannassaa, Thursday, April 8, 1965 ' Pag* 3
Local Alpha Gamma Rho Chapter Sororities To Play Wesley Foundation Will Conduct
Hosts Province Training School
Alpha Upsllon Chapter of upsllon Chapter house on Unl-
Alpha Gamma Rho of The Uni- verslty Street. Dave Pfendler,
verslty of Tennessee Martin flrs t Grand Vice President of
Branch was host to the Sixth Alpha Gamma Rho, was the
Province Officers Training honored guest and H.C. Allison,
School held here Saturday. UTMB registrar, spoke to the
Chapters and colonies at- group. Lewis Larsen, Sixth
tending were Omlcron Chapter province counsellor and Alpha
from the University of Ken- Upsllon Chapter advisor, sum-
tucky, Alpha Upsllon Chapter m ed up the day’s activities,
from UTMB, and colonies from
western Kentucky, Murray Drp .DmipCCmnak
State and Southern Illinois. riC'rlUICJilUllfllJ
Meetings were held Satur- # m
day morning with discussion on OrfianiTinfl HorO
general chapter problems. In Vl y (JlllX.111 11 Cl C
The Wesley Foundation will
hold early morning Easter pro¬
grams April 12 through 15 at
the center.
Reverend Joe Hlett of the
Pleasant Valley Methodist
Church In Union City will pre¬
sent the series of programs
pertaining to the Easter season.
These programs will start
promptly at 7:15 a.m. and will
be over In time for classes.
According to Reverend Bill
Nace, director of the Wesley
Hlett will present a series of
programs entitled, “Before We
Sing the Last Hallelujahs”
based on Handel’s “Messiah.”
Various students will pre¬
side and coffee and don ugh ts
will be served following-each
service at 7:45.
The morning topics are;
Monday, “Whtfr^ We Must
Begin;” Tuesday rfSThe 1 "rM
We Must aae^Wfi' IWpdne^lay,
“The HopBA HDld,”
and Thursday, “The Faitt we
Must Aftlrjn,’’,.„
ROTC Inspection
To Be Conducted
The Annual Inspection of the
ROTC Cadet Battalion at The
University of Tennessee Martin
Branch will be conducted on
Friday, April 9.
Colonel warren Thrasher,
from the University of Georgia
will head the Inspection team.
“Preparations, even though
marred by rain, Indicate that
this year’s cadets should prove
their superior standing. U-T
Martin has always rated high.
A review and Inspection In ranks
will be held on the football field
at noon. Students and faculty
are urged to witness this
event.” Major Milton Killen,
associate professor of mill-
May 21 Is the expected ar¬
rival date of the 1965 UTMB
“Volunteer,” Betty Weems,
editor, announced yesterday.
The deadline for final copy
was met March 28.
There will be 280 pages In
the “Volunteer” which Is an
addition of 40 pages over last
year’s book; and there will be
more pages In color.
The Intercollegiate Press
grades yearbooks by school en¬
rollment. Due to the Increased
enrollment at UTMB, the “Vol¬
unteer” will be judged In a
different category this year,
which means that the com¬
petition will be tougher.
All Home Economics Chap¬
ter members will be eligible
to attend the Tennessee Home
Economics Association con¬
vention at Memphis April 30,
May 1 and 2.
Headquarters of the conven¬
tion will be the Hotel Peabody.
The theme of the convention
is “Professional prospectlves
Emphasized.” The Home Eco¬
nomics' Chapter at The Uni¬
versity of Tennessee Martin
Branch Is In charge of the de¬
corations for the college chap¬
ter luncheon. Speaker for the
luncheon will be Mrs. Alice
Pitts, foods writer for the
“Memphis Press Scimitar.”
Approximately 200 members
from chapters In Tennessee
will attend the convention.
The convention program will
be a luncheon, banquet, busi¬
ness sessions and discussions.
The business session will con¬
sist of electing state officers
for toe next year.
fin e new imported
PIPES
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FIRST * CHURCH STREET
UNION CITY_
Dan McGuire Will Lead
Pledge Class Of ATO
rtuxTTvA
Lewis Larsen, alumni and
placement director at The Uni¬
versity of Tennessee Martin
Branch, Is compiling a new
mailing list of all alumni of
UTMB as far back as toe be¬
ginning of Hall Moody Junior
College.
According to Mr. Larsen,
the main purpose of this mail¬
ing list Is to allow toe Univer¬
sity to Inform toe alumni about
what their former alma mater
Is doing. He would like alumni
who are In close contact with
UTMB to send In Information
concerning toe addresses of any
former alumni of toe university.
An appeal Is being made to
parents of all alumni concern¬
ing toe whereabouts of their
sons and daughters. More than
1000 letters have been sent out
to parents of alumni, and Mr.
Larsen says that toe response
of toe parents has been wonder¬
ful. There are about 1100
more letters yet to be sent out,
Mr. Larsen said.
Dan McGuire has been elect¬
ed president of Alpha Tau
Omega spring quarter pledge
class.
Other officers who will com¬
plete toe slate are Ricky Hearn,
vice president; Ross King, sec¬
retary-treasurer, and Larry
Beavers, social chairman.
FINE FOODS
FRIENDLY SERVICE
COMPLETELY REMODELED
The annual basketball ban¬
quet will be held Saturday night
beginning at 6;30 p.m. at toe
Park Terrace, South Fulton.
James C. Henson, head of
toe Physical Education Depart¬
ment, will serve as master of
ceremonies.
The presentation of awards
will be made to toe players
selected most valuable, best
defensive and toe one with toe
most rebounds.
Bob Holmes and Monty Falls
have been elected to serve as
president and vice president,
respectively, of toe PI Kappa
Alpha spring quarter pledge
class.
To fill toe other offices are
Paul Blaylock, secretary; John
Duscoe, treasurer, and Bill
Jennings, historian._
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Th« Volette - Mortin, Tonn«s»e«, Thursday, April 8. 1965
P.E. Department Is Arranging
Blue team.
The top eight freshman wo¬
men In Intramurals at the
present date and their points
are Connie Donnell, Green
team, 64 points; Linda Massey,
White team, 64 points; Anne
Carol McCaleb, Green team,
62 points; Judith Pritchett,
Black team, 49 points; Brenda
Manley, Blue team, 44 points;
Wanda McKee, White team, 42
points; Tat Thornhill, Green
team, 39 points, and Cathy
Porter, Blue team, 38 points.
Reggie Barnett Selected
BSU Most Valuable Player
Reggie Barnett was selected
as most valuable player of the
Baptist Student Union basket¬
ball team and was presented a
trophy at the Noonday program
The Physical Education De¬
partment is busy this quarter
arranging the different sports
which will be played.
Deadline for Round I of
mixed badminton is April 18,
Just before Easter. There are
296 students involved in this
tournament.
Women's tennis deadline for
Round I is April 10 and 120
women have signed for parti¬
cipation. The deadline to sign
up for mixed horseshoes is also
Saturday.
Softball is the team sport of
the quarter, and it begins Mon¬
day with Brown team and Yellow
team playing.
Playing in the mixed shuf-
fleboard tournament finals to¬
day are Joyce Tallent and Bob¬
by Moore of Red team and Kay
Pearson and Ray Geddings of
and Alabama College. Accord¬
ing to Coach Page, the Vols
will have to score much better
if they hope to enjoy any suc¬
cess against these teams.
The UTMB golf team opened
their season successfully Mon¬
day with a 21 1/2 to 5 1/2
victory over Bethel at the Car-
roll Lake Country Club in Mc¬
Kenzie.
In the first match, team
captain Jimmy Wright defeated
Mickey Walker 3-0. Jerry
Lewis of Bethel defeated Byron
Roberts 3-0. In the four ball
match, Lewis and Walker de¬
feated Wright and Roberts 2 1/2
to 1/2.
This was the only success
the Bethel team enjoyed as the
Vols completely outclassed
Bethel in the other matches.
Doc Watson of UTMB defeated
Charles Lenning 3-0. Vince
Alfonzo of UTMB defeated Ed¬
die Conway 3-0. Watson and
Alfonzo won their four-ball
match 3-0.
In the third match, Ross
Komich of UTMB defeated Den¬
nis Granahan 3-0. Robert Bar¬
ger of UTMB defeated Dick
Morgan 3-0; Komich and Bar¬
ger defeated Granahan and Mor¬
gan 3-0.
K Jimmy Wright took medal
honors with a 79, one stroke
better than Vince Alfonzo’s 80.
jerry Lewis had an 81 for
Bethel..-f
The Vols travel to Florence,
Alabama, on Friday to play a
tri-match with Florence State
The Vols tennis team beat
Lambuth yesterday, taking five
out of she singles and three
doubles.
UTMB won singles as fol¬
lows; Jim Newcombe, 6-0, 6-1;
Moore Landers, 4-6, 7-5, 8-6;
Tom Hay, 6-1, 6-1; Mike Kirk-
ham, 6-0, 6-1 and Reese
Thompson 6-1, 6-2. Tom Dial
dropped his set 6-1, 6-2.
Sweeping doubles for UTMB
were; Newcombe and Landers,
7-5, 8-6; Hay and Dial, 6-1,
4-6, 6-0 and Klrkham and
Thompson, 6-0, 6-4.
HOME OF GOOD F001
Students and Faculty
Welcome
Alpha Gamma Rho Fra¬
ternity defeated the UTMB
men's faculty team, and
Gearin’s Girlies bested the
UTMB Sexetariess in the Red
Cross benefit basketball
doubleheader Tuesday night.
The men's faculty team,
coached by Richard Gogue,
dropped a close 63-51 decision
to Alpha Gamma Rho in the sec¬
ond game. The faculty team was
sparked by Dr. Philip Watkins
who scored 17 points and Don
McCracken whose floor play
verged on the sensational.
Ralph Barnett led AlphaGamma
Rho with 15 points.
In theopening game Gear in’s
Girlies, coached by Mrs. Mo-
zelle Pitts and Jimmy Wright,
defeated the UTMB Secretaries
by a score of 43-26.
Cheerleaders were Miss
Harriet Fulton and Dr. Lois
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